It's Yang Sang-moon, a pitching coach, not a manager or general manager, but I'm so excited "I'm lucky to meet Moon Dong-ju, Kim Seo-hyun, and Hwang Jun-seo"
Jul 05, 2024
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Now, he is not a manager, a general manager, or a commentator, but a pitching coach. Former manager Yang Sang-moon, who is recognized as a master of the KBO League's pitching part, will return to the scene as a first-team pitching coach.
Hanwha officially announced the appointment of head coach Yang Seung-kwan and pitcher coach Yang Sang-moon on the 5th, a day after the end of the first half. Early on, it was reported that the two veteran coaches would join Hanwha to assist head coach Kim Kyung-moon with the end of the first half, and head coach Kim also acknowledged this during the last three consecutive games of the first half against KT Wiz.
Coach Yang Sang-moon's return is a hot topic. It's no wonder that a pitching expert comes as a pitching coach, but coach Yang is a veteran who has played big roles such as Lotte Giants manager, LG Twins manager, and LG Twins general manager. It was a burdensome decision to make a comeback as a pitching coach, whether he would not know if he returned to the manager's position, or whether he would know if he was the head coach no matter how much he conceded.
However, Yang decided to join the team without any concerns at the call of Kim, a 50-year-old junior high school and university senior. Coach Yang said "There have not been many known friends, so yes, they were really close. We always talked about baseball even when we were in the field or not," he said, adding that he was very happy with Kim's love call.
What head coach Kim wants from coach Yang is clear. It is to gain weight on the mound of Hanwha, which has many young and promising pitchers. Ahead of the KT match on the 4th, head coach Kim also talked a lot with the two new coaches. What we're talking about is always making pitchers strong. The hit goes up and down. If the pitcher is strong, we will have a chance to win consecutive games someday," he said, expressing his expectations, saying, `When I talked to Yang pitching coach, he had a lot of thoughts about Moon Dong-ju and Hwang Jun-seo.'
As head coach Kim said, Hanwha has top prospects who will lead Korean baseball, including Moon Dong-ju, Kim Seo-hyun, Hwang Jun-seo and Cho Dong-wook. Of course, all other pitchers will be important, but Hanwha's present and future can find hope only when these future resources, which are still lacking, are immediately turned into a sense of power. Moon Dong-ju, who became a sensation last year, is experiencing an incredible slump this year. Kim Seo-hyun is fast on the ball, but his control is jagged. Recently, I went back to my high school form. Even if Hwang Jun-seo and Cho Dong-wook are good, they are now rookies who graduated from high school.
"It feels good to hear that I'm coming back to the scene. Thank you to the coach for giving me this opportunity,' coach Yang said in his return speech. `I'm very lucky to be able to coach players like Moon Dong-ju, Kim Seo-hyun and Hwang Jun-seo as pitcher coaches. "Players with really good abilities..." he said. "There's something I've watched outside, but I don't want to tell them what to do right now. I'm going to have a calm conversation with the players. I will only care about the role of helping players to maximize their abilities" expressed his determination.
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